While it's not surprising that reality shows are entirely absent from the list, those who are doubtful that we're living in a golden age of television may be shocked to learn that 17 of the top 100 are shows still on the air, including longtime champs such as "The Simpsons,""Saturday Night Live" and "The Daily Show."

Here is the complete list of the 101 best shows as selected by an online poll of writers of film and TV.

If you’ve been on the Web or social media the past 24 hours, you no doubt have caught some of the arguments about the Writers Guild list of the 101 best TV shows of all time. “The Wire” should be higher! “Seinfeld” over “Sopranos"! And many such...